Introduction
Unlike in other common programming languages, B4P supports cascaded ad-hoc operators. Cascading is realized
by applying multiple ad-hoc operators in sequence which are then always calculated from left to right.
Cascading may be used for both prefix and postfix usages.
Some examples:
| ++ ++ | Increment twice |
| ++ -- | Makes no sense (original value) |
| -- -- | Decrements twice |
| ++(3) ++ | Adds 4 |
| ++ ++(3) | Adds 4 |
| **(2) ++ | Multiplies 2, adds 1 |
| ++ **(2) | Syntax error. Scaling not allowed after ad-hoc incrementing or decrementing |
| **(2) **(3) | This combination is OK. Multiples by 6 |
| **(1/2) | Divides by 2 |
a[] = 10;
b[] = date( "2020-05-01 15:00:00" );
c[] = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4 }, 5 };
a[] ++ ++ ++ -- ++; // Becomes 13, even if code appears less meaningful
b[] ++(3.75) ++; // 4 days and 18 hours later
c[] **(2) ++(2); // Double all elements, then add 2 on all of them
echo("a[] = ", a[]," b[] = ", b[] );
echo("c: ", c[] );a[] = 13 b[] = 2020-05-06 09:00:00
c: {{4,6},{8,10},12}